#3F8F8A#3F8F8A

#3F8F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.078 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3F8F8A
RGB	rgb(63, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -25.58, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 26.02, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0773 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.078 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4578, 22.5351, 27.5222)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3F8F8A #8F3F44

analogous

#3F8F62 #3F8F8A #3F6C8F

triadic

#3F8F8A #8A3F8F #8F8A3F

tetradic

#3F8F8A #623F8F #8F3F44 #6C8F3F

square

#3F8F8A #623F8F #8F3F44 #6C8F3F

split-complementary

#3F8F8A #8F3F6C #8F623F

monochromatic

#1A3A38 #2C6561 #3F8F8A #56B5AF #81C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#3F8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#3F8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3F8F8A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3F8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3F8F8A	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3f8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(63, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.078 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0ac',
    500: '#3f8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3f8f8a;
$custom-light: #7cb0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3f8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 63,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 38.835,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59904,
    "c": 0.07842,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3F8F8A

secondary

#B2787C

accent

#5960CF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3F8F8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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